Pin ticket



April 8 1924. 1,489,686

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Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS 0. ANTHONY, OIF' CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI TAG- 00., F CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PIN TICKET.

Application filed February 5, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGUs' O. ANTHONY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pin Tickets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved pin tag or pin ticket that is used for marking articles of merchandise with such data as the price, size, lot. number, etc., and which is of the same general nature as the marking pin tag shown in the patent to Bishop and Mapes, No. 858,330, issued June 25, 1907.

The primary purpose of the invention is to produce a pin tag or ticket having certain at marked advantages over the particular one above referred to as well as over all other previous types with which I am familiar.

More specific objects are to provide a comparatively simple,inexpensive and durable t5 marking pin tag or ticket which is so designed, constructed and of such nature as to facilitate its attachment to articles of merchandise; enhance its hold thereon; and prevent its catching on objects and thereby being jerked loose, or sticking or otherwise injuring those handling the merchandise to which it is attached.

A still more specific object of the invention is to provide a device of the aforesaid character wherein the pin, though its body portion and head fiiay be permanently embedded within the ticket, functions much as a safety pin with the point positively embraced by the head, resulting in the attainment of the objects above enumerated, with others hereinafter appearing.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a face view of a marking pin tag or ticket constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is aperspective View showing the reverse side of the ticket; Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the ticket; Fig. t is an enlarged perspective view, similar to Fig. 2, showing a part of one of the layers of the ticket torn away to reveal the body portion and head of the pin; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are edge views of the ticket illustrating the manner of attaching it to an article; and Fig. 8 is a face view of the ticket attached to the article.

Serial No. 616,895.

The device is composed of two main ele ments or constituents, a ticket A and a pin B. The ticket is formed of plies or layers a and a of an appropriate material, such as paper, suitably secured together, as by gluing, in the production of a card of proper thickness with the body portion 6 and head Z) of the pin B embedded between the layers, the attaching portion 6 of the pin projecting through the layer a. The head I) extends transversely and across the axis of the body portion and is connected thereto by an angular or diagonal part 12 The body portion 6, part b and the head I) are in a plane at right angles to the plane occupied by the body portion 6 of the attaching portion 6 The ticket A is provided at one end with a tab (4 which contains the head Z) and part b of the pin, and the tab is adapted to be turned over on approximately the line defining the adjacent end of the body portion of the ticket. The attaching portion 5 of the pin is of a length substantially equal to that of the body portion 6. After the layers a and a have been secured together with the body portion and head of the pin embedded between them, the head I) and the adj aoent portion of the tab a are depressed, as indicated at a in line with the axis of the body portion 6, producingv in the head Z) a nitch 6 The ticket or tag may be attached to an article, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7 byinserting the attaching portion 6 of the pin through the article C and pressing it upwardly against the underside of the article after which the tab a may be brought down about the edge of the article and over the end of the pin to confine it within the depression a the nitch b positively embracing the point, as in the nature of a safety pin. It is obvious that the ticket need not be applied to the edge of an article but may be applied to any part thereof b passing the attaching portion of the pin t rough and back again so that the point occurs on the side of the material with the ticket, after which the tab may be bent about the point.

Attention is directed to the fact that the head portion of the pin, extendin transversely of the body portion and t erefore being, in effect, a lateral corrugation, prevents the body portion from turning within the ticket and maintains the attaching portion in a definite position with respect to the ticket. The presence of the head of the pin within the tab of the ticket has the effect of reinforcing the tab crosswise and renders easier the bending of the tabover thgipoint of the pin.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character set forth comprising a ticket, and a pin having a body portion and head which are completely embedded within the ticket, the pin having also an attaching portion extending from one side of the ticket, the part of the ticket containing the head of the pin being adapt ed to be turned over the point of the pin when the ticket is attached to an article of merchandise so that the embedded head of the pin positively engages over and conlines said point.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising a ticket, and a pin having a body portion and a head which are completely embedded within the ticket, the pin having also an attaching portion projectingat an angle from one side of the ticket, the head of the pin being disposed transversely of the longitudinal axis of the body portion, the attaching portion of the pin being adapted to be bent into proximity to the adjacent side. of the ticket, and the part of the ticket containing the head being arranged to be bent over the free end of the attaching portion so that said head overlies'said attaching portion.

A device of the character set forth comprising a ticket made up of two plies of material, and a pin having a body portion and a head confined between said plies while an attaching portion of the pin projects at an angle from the end of the body portion opposite the head through one of the plies, the head being disposed transversely of the axis of the body portion and said head and the adjacent portion of the ticket being dcpressed in alignment with said body portion, the attaching portion of the pin being adapted to be bent into proximity to the adjacent side of the ticket while that part 4:. A device of the character set forth com-' prising a ticket made up of two plies of material, and a pin having a body portion and a head confined between said plies while an attaching portion of the pin projects at an angle through one of the plies, the head being disposed transversely of the axis of the body portion of the pin and connected thereto by a diagonal part, the portion of the ticket containing the head and said diagonal part being in the form of a tab, the head and tab having a depression in axial alignment with the body portion, the attaching portion of the pin being adapted to be pressed into proximity to the adjacent side of the ticket while the tab is adapted to be turned over the free end of the attaching portion with the depression thereof occupied by said end.

5. A. device of the character set forth comprising a ticket, and a pin having a portion that is corrugated transversely and embedded within the ticket and an attaching portion extending from one end of the embedded portion through one side of the ticket, the ticket being adapted to be at tached to an article of merchandise through the instrumentality of the attaching portion of the pin.

6. A device of the character set forth comprising a ticket, and a pin having a portion embedded within the ticket and an attaching portion extending from one side of the ticket, the portion embedded within the ticket being corrugated laterally thereby to prevent the pin from turning with respect to the ticket, the end portion of the pin opposite its attaching portion being adapted to be turned over the point of the attaching portion when said portion is pressed into proximity to the adjacent side of the ticket.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

MARCUS O. ANTHONY. 

